David James Duncan is the author of the novels The River Why and The Brothers K, the story collection River Teeth, and two nonfiction collections. His work has appeared in numerous national anthologies, including Best American Essays (twice), Best American Sportswriting, and Best American Spiritual Writing (five times). Duncan is widely renowned as an activist and expert fly fisher. He lives with his family in western Montana.
Praise for The River Why: "A whirlwind, madcap, humorous and
sensitive novel"--New York Times
"A hymn to the waters of the earth and the wholeness of life. It is
also funny."--Miami Herald
"A veritable epic of flyfishing... done in a high-velocity,
exuberant style, sprawling in scale, heedless of form... The
feeling for and evocation of the imperiled natural world is
rhapsodic in its intensity; the writing energetic, literary in a
distinctly American way... So amiable is the prevailing tone that
the flowing narrative is able to absorb Koranic and Eastern
mysticisms, Tao, Sufism, Zen-the religions of oneness and gospel of
love-without turning into the kind of maudlin choral chanting that
so often disfigures treatments of fusion of self and the
world."--Publishers Weekly
This is a modern-repeat, modern -tale of maturity and
redemption.--Christian Science Monitor
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